TQE | That Queer Expatriate

Expatriate, not ex-patriot: I'm a progressive liberal and queer American in Berlin, Germany. My roots in include 18 years in Denver, 6 in Laramie, Wyoming, 6 in Bloomington, Indiana, and 6 in Weimar, Germany. Sense a pattern? Don't want to leave a comment on this blog? Email scintillatingme at gmail.com, username "elmadaeu"

Personal Hell

If I were to write a script where I was putting myself through hell, it would look something like this:

I arrive somewhere not realizing that “somewhere” is on the verge of breaking out in celebration or protest. I check into my hotel and am warned that a private party might be disruptive. I stay [...]

Foresight

I am so happy that one of my last stops in Bloomington before moving to Germany was the drug store. (And to the Germans reading this, think Pharmacy—where you get drugs, not a drug store.)

As some of you may recall, I had a shopping bonanza where I bought a number of drugs—and the most [...]

Ill

I am slightly sick-while on the train to Rotterdam, I experienced what I could only call motion sickness, but what I think was the worst moment of being sick. I showed no ill effects while in Rotterdam, but on the train back I got incredibly congested. This morning, I took some daytime equivalent of Sudafed [...]

Drugs

Sudafed (1×96), Sudafed Nighttime (1×12), Tylenol (2×100), Imodium AD (1×48), Cepacol Sore Throat (2×18), Antifungal (2x Tubes), Aspirin (2×100), 1x Halls, & 1x Extra Strength Benadryl.